Bariatric surgery may improve cardiac outcomes in obese patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal17 April 2019 7:20 PM ISTObese individuals have higher rates of coronary artery disease (CAD) and coronary-related mortality. Now, according to a new study, bariatric surgery...
Bypass Surgery better than stenting in patients with Multivessel Disease Hina Zahid3 May 2019 7:30 PM ISTBypass Surgery better than stenting in patients with Multivessel Disease, according to a new study.Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery may...
Sudden cardiac arrest, not so sudden- they give warning!! Deepanjana Sarkar13 May 2019 8:28 PM ISTContradicting the popular belief that sudden cardiac arrest occurs without warning, a new study has revealed that more than 1/4th of the patients who...
Optimization of care for heart valve disease: 2019 Expert Consensus Statement Medha Baranwal Baranwal9 Jun 2019 7:00 PM ISTThe increasing burden of valvular heart disease, coupled with the emergence of improved imaging techniques, better surgical outcomes, and...
Myocardial viability not associated with long-term benefit of CABG: NEJM Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 Aug 2019 8:28 PM ISTDelhi: Myocardial viability has been known to identify ischemic cardiomyopathy patients who may have benefited from surgical revascularization but the...
Expert Alert: Mayo study finds repeat coronary artery bypass grafting improves long-term survival Hina Zahid23 Sept 2019 7:10 PM ISTExpert Alert: Mayo study finds repeat coronary artery bypass grafting improves long-term survival.When a coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)...
In left Main disease, PCI or CABG have similar composite outcomes at five years, finds ECXEL trial Hina Zahid2 Oct 2019 7:28 PM ISTIn left Main disease, PCI or CABG have similar composite outcomes at five years, finds ECXEL trial. Five-year data from the large-scale randomized...
Vitamin D supplementation before CABG reduces atrial fibrillation risk, finds study Dr. Prem Aggarwal8 Oct 2019 8:28 PM ISTTurkey: High-dose vitamin D supplementation before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery significantly reduced the occurrence of...
DAPT with aspirin prevents saphenous vein graft failure in CABG, finds BMJ study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli13 Oct 2019 8:30 PM ISTCanada: Aspirin is the preferred antiplatelet drug for the prevention of saphenous vein graft failure in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass...
To Stent or not to Stent? ISCHEMIA Trial brings Game Changers of rules of Stenting Dr. Prem Aggarwal20 Nov 2019 8:28 PM ISTUSA: Angioplasty or CABG does not reduce the risk of death in angina pectoris in stable coronary artery disease (CAD) versus medical treatment-...
CABG superior to PCI for left main coronary artery disease, confirms NOBLE trial Medha Baranwal Baranwal25 Dec 2019 8:28 PM ISTPCI is associated with inferior clinical outcomes compared to CABG in patients with left main coronary artery disease, reveal 5-year data from the...
PCI good alternative to CABG in low to intermediate complex CAD Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli24 Sept 2017 11:30 AM ISTIn a meta-analysis published in Journal of American College of Cardiology, the researchers have reported that PCI and CABG show comparable safety in...
